Why this ride
A 336 km round trip from P’ot’i - roughly 5 h 34 in the saddle. It goes by way of Ispani, Gelati Monastery and back through Ispani. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Imnati and Gelati Monastery
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 336 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 34
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Imnati
Imnati sits on the Kolkheti lowland, the flat, wet corner of western Georgia where the Rioni river reaches the Black Sea. The land here is marsh, reed bed and alder forest, laced with canals and small lakes, and it is one of the most important wetlands in the region, with a coastal national park that UNESCO recognised in 2021 for its Colchic rainforests and wetlands. Poti, ten kilometres away, is a port town of nearly fifty thousand people, with a harbour full of cranes and a quiet old centre.
Read the complete Imnati write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Imnati is where the day begins. Next is Ispani.
2. Ispani
Most of Georgia's Black Sea coast is subtropical, with tea plantations, citrus groves and lush forests, and on the plain near Kobuleti, between the sea and the hills, lies one of the strangest landscapes in the Caucasus. The Ispani mires are raised peat bogs, domes of sphagnum moss that have grown over thousands of years, fed only by rain, and they are among the few such bogs in the subtropics. They are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands, inscribed in 2021.
Read the complete Ispani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ispani comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. Next is Gelati Monastery.
3. Gelati Monastery
Planning note
about 168 km into the recorded legs you reach Gelati Monastery. Next is back through Ispani.
4. back through Ispani
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ispani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ispani, late in the day. Next is Imnati.
5. Imnati
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Imnati write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Imnati. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Imnati to Ispani
Imnati → Ispani is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ispani to Gelati Monastery
Ispani → Gelati Monastery is 132 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Gelati Monastery to back through Ispani
Gelati Monastery → back through Ispani is 132 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ispani to Imnati
back through Ispani → Imnati is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.